六十年代初,美国决定在六十年代末将人类送上月球。对当时科学界以外的人说来,这是一个空前艰巨和惊人的目标。其实,美国当时已掌握了实现这一目标所需要的基本知识,当时所需的只是投入足够的财力和实现这一壮举的决心。与此形成对照的是,尽管人类在过去10年中对癌症的研究耗费了巨额资金, In the early 1960s, the United States decided to send mankind to the moon in the late 1960s. This was an unprecedentedly arduous and astonishing goal for those outside the scientific community at the time. Actually, the United States at that time had mastered the basic knowledge needed to achieve this goal. What was needed at the time was merely determination to invest enough money and realize this feat. In contrast, despite the enormous cost of human research on cancer over the past decade,